Window regulator



1,642,020v sept' 13 1927' B. J. GoLDsMm-l ET A1.

WINDOW REGULATOR Filed May 28., 192.5 2 Sheets-Sheet l INV N TOR Ber/'ram J- Go/o/sm//Jl 5 ToRNEYs.

Sept. 13, 1927.

K 1,642,020 B. J. GoLDsMm-l ET AL WINDCW REGULATOR Filed May 28, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Erm'/ Koeb.

BY v /DMM/ ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Sept. 1,3, 1927.

'Brumm Cemeteries' OFPEL'AWARE: r

This `ent-ionl -relates 4- to; improvements in the "art ,of window controlling .mechanisms part-icularlydesigned for .use in closed auto- One 4of the primary ,objects of the inven tionis togprovide va positive. stop mechanism.l to hold the Window Ain an adjusted .position and one which canbe controlled .with a minimum of eifortgon the part oftheop-f erator. v v

Ity isl a further objectitO-provide ap cov ordinated. control mechanism to cooperate 1 with the main st opmechanism: to prevent the window from movingfcontinuously throughits entire range of movement.

A still further` object is to vprovide instrumentalities fory accomplishing the above.

functions which .will be lrelatively simple in construction andnot likely to become out `of order when `in use.

Other and more ,specifici objects willap` pearl from the following description considered in connection with the drawings in which: l Fig. tlrepresents an elevational .View of a section of an -automobile door embodying our invention.A I

Fig. 2 lis a horizontal view thereof.

According to this vinvention it iscontemplated to have an upwardly tensioned mechanism supporting a window such that `when the windowisl released itwill be. Imoved. to closed position. The movement of the win dow may. bestopped at any desired point by means .of a .simple hand actuatingl mechanism which willfovercome the tendencyofthe first mentioned mechanism. In order that the windowfwill .not rise too. rapidly when rel leased an,l additional stop device is provided to intermittently .check the upward movement of the window when released by the stop mechanism. This will appear more fully from the following detaileddescription.

In the drawings there is disclosed certain parts` of an automobile vframe member V10 shown as an automobile door including the Fig. .3 is a detail sectional 4view throughv PMM-TOF WINDOW REGULATon y i .j Appncation Amea-iuaya, '1925. -vsentirmi.331,377."

usual window opening inthe upper portion l1,642,020 FIC-eff p dorinsngqi'ANnEMILxoEBQ VoFNnvs "roux, NQmfhssrGNoRs To PER-fvk 11er-WINDOW REGULATOR oonronnrrom or LONG ISLANDQTY, NEW xwoman thereof and -a lower Ywindow well beneath v said opening sothat' the ywindow 12 may be v moved Yupwardly into position to obstruct.

the window opening orlowered intoV the window -Well as shown inl dotted lines, in Fig. 1. The door: includes the usual latch [mechanism and other operative parts whichr may be constructed in any desired manner as the, details thereof form nopart of our present'invention. I

. For #the purpose of controlling the position of the .window 12 we provide the con- .trolling mechanism indicated in general by the numeral 14. This mechanism Vis pref,- erablymounted-entirely upon a supporting plate-16 capable of vbeing attached to the supporting framev 10 so as to be capable of being mounted thereon-as a unit. The conconstruction shown extends to and engages withina guide Amember carried by a portion of the window although ther arm'may be attached thereto in any other manner if pre ferred.' For the purpose of vtensioning the4 arm upwardly sothatthe same will'move the window Ito closed position the pivot shaft` 20 has coiled thereabout 'a helicalT spring 22 suitably mounted thereonand supporte by an extension 24 ofthe. plate' 1'6.A The strengthof the spring 22 is preferably such '.Forjthe purpose of -preventin'gthe upward movement of thewindow so that the same `may be-retained open to anyydesired extent `that the window 12`is-moved thereby from i .open to closed position.-

We provide a main latch mechanism com.-v f

pr'ising thev ratchet` lever 26 cooperating with av series of ratchet :teeth28` lformed onl an arcuate plate 27 movable' with the arm 18 and in .the construction shownformed 'as one end 30 thereof normally'enga'gin'g the teeth 28 the other'or controlling end there'y of extending to-a position outside of the kautomobile door and provided with a handleJ 32 so as to be readily movable to latched or 'unlatchedpositiom It is apparent that by `-an integral part thereof.y 'The lever 26 has In order to prevent the window from rising too rapidly when released there is preferably provided a secondary latch mechanism including the latch lever 34 coordinated with the main latch 26 as set forth.

a spring 40 or in any other preferred manner. The cam 36 is designed for engagement with a series of widel spaced teeth 42 mounted on a second p ate 44 attached to and movable with the plate 27 and 4arm 18. Any desired number of teeth 42 may be provided the unction fthereof"being set forth below.

The window 12 may be provided with any preferred type of hand operating element 46 to facilitate lowering of the window. It is obvious that if desired this could be formed as an integral part of the window without departing from our invention.

The operation of the device is as follows:

When it is desired to lower the window the operator may accomplish this by means of 'the hand grip 46. When the window has been lowered to the desired extent it is released and is automatically held in that position by means of the latch member 26, the cam end 30 of which engages against one of the teeth 28, the spring 40 holding the cam end 30 in its engaged position. Since the spring 22 tends to move the window up wardly it is only necessary that the latch 28 prevent movement of the arm 18 Vin one direction, namely upwardly. When it is desied to raise the window the hand lever 32 is lowered thereby swinging the lever 26 about its pivot to release the lookin(y cam 30 from its engagement with the ratchet teeth 28. A clock-wise movement of the lever 26, as viewed in Fig. 4, when the arm is being moved to unlatched position, causes a counter-clock-wise rotation of the lever 34 so as to cause the cam 36 to be moved into engagement with the plate 44. The spring 22 then causes the window to move upwardly until one of the teeth 42 engages the cam 36 when the upward movement will be arrested. The lever 26 may then be released to cause the latch 30 to engage one of the teeth 28 to hold the window in the position into which it had been moved, the spring 40 disengaging the lever 34 from the engaged tooth 42. If it is desired to close the window further the hand lever is again moved downwardly to release the latch 26 from engagement wit the rack 28 and the lever 18 swings upwardly again unless or until another of the Jteeth 42 engages the cam 36 on lever 34. 'lihis operation may be repeated until the window has reached its upper-most position or the Lacanau window may be locked at any time by releasing the handle 32 so that' the spring 40.

will move the cam 30 into locking position the parts remaining in that position until again manually released. f

It is preferred as in the construction shown thatthe levers 26Y and 34 be so pr`oportioned and associated that there is an intermediate position thereof in which neither the cam end 30 nor 36 will engage the teeth 28 or 42 so as to permit the window to rise continuously from lowered to closed position.y l y While we have shown and described ,herein certain specific constructions it is to. be 11nderstood that these are merel illustrative and that we are to Vbe limite only as set orthin the appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

1. In combination with a frame member and a slidable window carried thereb con* trolling mechanism for 'said window 1ncluding means tending` continuousl to move said window upwar ly,' manual y controlled means for preventing said first mentioned means from vfunctioning and additional means operative when said manually controlled means are inoperative to prevent unlimited operation of said first named means.

2. In a window controlling mechanism, a movable operating member, means for moving said member in one direction, a primary controlling device to prevent said first mentioned means from functioning, and a secondary controlling device operating to intermittently prevent said iirst mentioned means from functioning.

3. In a window controlling mechanism, a movable operating member, means for movmg said member 1n one direction, a primary controlling device to prevent said first mentioned means from functioning, and a secondary controlling device operating to intermittently prevent said first mentioned means from functioning and connecting means between said primary and secondary controlling devices to cause one of said devices to function as the other is rendered inoperative.

4. In a window controlling mechanism, a movable operating member, means for movcontrolling device to prevent said first mentioned means from functioning, and a secondary controlling device operating to inter mittently prevent said first mentioned means from functioning and connecting-means between said primary and secondary controlling devices to cause one of said devices to 'function as the other is rendered inoperative and means for normally retaining 'one of said devices in operative position.

5. ln a window controlling mechanism, a rotatable operating member, means tending constantly to rotate said member in one direction, a. primary manually controlled coning said member in one direction, a primary trolling member adapted to prevent rotation of said operating member, and a secondaryl controlling member associated with said primary controlling device, and means operatively connected to said operating member and engageable by said secondary controlling device to intermittently prevent rotation of said operating member.

6. In a. window controlling mechanism, a rotatable operating member, means tending constantly to rotate said member in one direction, a primary manually controlled controlling member adapted to prevent rotation of said operating member, and a secondary controlling member operated by said 4prlmary controlling device, and means operatively connected to said operating member and engageable by said secondary controlling device to intermittently prevent rotation of said operating member and connecting means between said primary and secondary devices to cause the latter to become operative as the former is rendered inoperative.

7. In a window controlling mechanism, a pivoted operating arm, means constantly tending to elevate said arm, releasable latch mechanism for holding said arm lowered to different degrees, and additional means controlled by said latch mechanism for preventing said arm from reaching its highest operative position. f

8. In a window controlling mechanism, a pivoted operating arm, means tending to swing said arm 1n one direction about its pivot, a series of closely spaced stop devices, and a second series of more widely spaced stop devices, and manually controlled latch mechanism adapted to engage the stop devices of either series dependent upon the 'condition of said mechanism.

9. In a window controlling` mechanism, a pivoted operating arm, means tendingto swing said arm in one direction about its pivot, a series of closely spaced stop devices, and a second series of more widely spaced stop devices, and manuallyI controlled latch mechanism adapted to engage the stop devives of either series dependent upon the position of said mechanism, said latch mechanism remaining free of all of Isaid stop devices when in one position thereof.

10. In combination with a supporting structure, aj slidable window carried thereby, counter-balancing means including a rotatable member associated with said supporting structure and said window tending to move said window upwardly, manually controlled releasable stop mechanism for preventing movement of said window in one direction only. and coordinated stop mechanism for preventing said window from reaching its closed position, said second mentioned stop mechanism being brought into operation by movement of said first mentioned stop mechanism to inoperative position.

11. In a window regulator, a pivoted operat-ing arm, means for controlling the position of said arm, said means including a plurality of differently spaced ratchet teeth arranged in separate series and operatively associated with said regulator, manually releasable stop mechanism having means for engagement with either of said series ot teeth, spring means for maintaining said mechanism normally in engagement with one of said series of teeth and means for moving said arm when released from said stop mechanism.

12. Ina window regulator,apivoted operating arm, means for controlling the position of said arm, said means including a plurality of differently spaced ratchet teeth arranged in separate series and operatively associated vwith said regulator, manually releasable stop mechanism having means for. engagement with either of said series of teeth, spring means for maintainin said mechanism normally in engagement wlth one of said series ot teeth, said stop mechanism including pivoted latch elements connected for coordinated movement and means for moving said arm when released from said stop mechanism.

13. In a window regulator, means for moving said window in one direction, means for arresting the movement of said window, auxiliary means for arresting the movement of said window, said two last named means each being rendered inoperative when the other is rendered operative.

14. In a window regulator, means for moving said window in one direction, mean's for arresting the movement of said window, auxiliary means for arresting the movement of said window, said two last named means being coordinated to operate one at a time.

15.'In a window regulatory, -fmeans for moving said window in one direction, means for arresting the movement of said window,

auxiliary means for arresting the move-- ment of-said window, one of said two last.

named means being rendered operative upon the other of said means being rendered inoperative.

16. In a window regulator, means for moving said window in one direction, means for arresting the movement of said window at various positions, and coordinated means for releasing said arresting means and rearresting said window.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York. this 27th day ot May. A. D. 1925.

EMIL KOEB. BERTRAM J GOLDSMITH. 

